So is there good money in Storm Chasing?
 

Just curious.

I a only ask because I'm watching the classic 'Twister' movie and Bill Paxton says his competitors "are only in it for the money, not the science"


Any big balla storm chasers in here?

:facepalm:

To some extent, sure. To use real-world examples, Sean Casey from the Discovery Channel show was doing it to make an IMAX movie. Money likely wasn't the MAIN reason he was doing it, but he wasn't really in it purely for the benefit of science and public safety. Compare that to Josh Wurman, who is a scientist trying to better understand how tornadoes work to better improve forecasting.

Obviously, though, 99% of storm chasers are probably just doing it for the thrill.

I don't believe a word that comes out of Bill Paxton's mouth, especially if he's saying that he's a good actor.

Bill Paxton is on my list of things I irrationally hate.


one of the worst actors ever.

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I swear this is like the tenth thread you have made about watching that awful movie. Yes I would rather read your threads than watch a second of it.

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Wow, this is truly reeruned.

Back to the original question, I hadn't thought about it before, but I bet there's good money in storm chasing if you do it right. In a really big storm you can probably find all sorts of stuff scattered on the ground, and there's also potential opportunities for looting.

HE HAD HIS MOMENTS.
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Don't know about big $$, but my son and I met Reed Timmer once. I didn't know it at the time, but he was/is apparently one of the top storm chasers. Discovery channel was his sponsor. We saw his badass storm chasing vehicle. Got his autograph.

That's all i got.

Oh, and...that Twister movie sucked.

I think Milton Bradley has had the best success

I knew this guy that used to hoop at the Southwest YMCA in Topeka. His name was Juston Drake. He did this show on the Weather Channel called Storm Riders. He lived in Oklahoma but spent time in the offseason (when not chasing storms) with his grandmother in Topeka. I'm pretty sure if memory serves that he hinted one time that he was making over 200k. And from talking to him I could tell that he wasn't in it for the money. This guy was passionate about meteorology. He was a great guy. Haven't seen him up there in at least a couple of years, though.